Stephen D. Lee

Stephen Dill Lee (22 September 1833-28 May 1908) was a Lieutenant-General of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War, commanding the Second Corps of the Army of Tennessee.

Biography
Stephen Dill Lee was born in Charleston, South Carolina, United States on 22 September 1833, and he graduated from West Point in 1854, 17th in a class of 46 cadets. He was a regimental quartermaster from 1857 to 1861, and he fought against the Seminoles in Florida. In 1861, he left his posting in South Dakota, resigned his position in the US Army, and entered the Confederate States Army as a captain of the South Carolina militia. In April, he was appointed P.G.T. Beauregard's aide-de-camp, fighting at Fort Sumner and in the Virginia campaigns, being transferred to Louisiana and Mississippi in January 1863. Lee was captured during the Siege of Vicksburg in July 1863 and released on 13 October, and he was promoted to Major-General. Lee was promoted to Major-General on 23 June 1864, leading a corps in the Army of Tennessee under Braxton Bragg and John Bell Hood. He was severely wounded at Spring Hill on 29 November, and his forces suffered heavy losses at the Battle of Nashville in December. After the war, he settled in Columbus, Mississippi, and he became commander-in-chief of the United Confederate Veterans organization later in his life. He died in Vicksburg on 28 May 1908 at the age of 74.